The International Center for Transitional Justice works to redress and prevent the most severe violations of human rights by confronting legacies of mass abuse. ICTJ seeks holistic solutions to promote accountability and create just and peaceful societies.
Efforts to address the 2007-2008 Kenyan post-election crisis and its causes have provided the country with a unique opportunity to address its long history of human rights violations. ICTJ has published a briefing paper underscoring the importance of an SSR program in Kenya in creating the peace and security needed for meaningful social reconstruction and development...
A civil society coalition including ICTJ called on the South African Democratic Alliance (DA) Feb. 3 to withdraw its support for a highly flawed political pardons process that was created in secret and without the participation of victims. Moreover, the coalition called on the DA to offer a formal apology to victims for denying them a voice in the pardons process...
The ICC trial of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in 2003 in the Ituri district of the DRC, resumed Jan. 26. ICTJ has produced a fact sheet providing background and highlights from the case...
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David Tolbert, as part of a distinguished career in international justice, will become president of the International Center for Transitional Justice on March 2, 2010. Mr. Tolbert arrives at ICTJ after serving as Registrar for the United Nations' Special Tribunal for Lebanon, based in The Hague, during a tenure of almost 15 years at the UN as a senior legal advisor, deputy chief prosecutor and assistant secretary-general...
El Salvador’s Petition of Forgiveness breaks 18 years of total impunity for serious human rights abuses committed during the country’s civil war, ICTJ said yesterday. With this act, El Salvador takes the first step overcome the state of neglect and denial that had characterized the state policy thus far and move toward a more meaningful agenda on human rights issues...
ICTJ is pleased to announce the publication of a new policy report, Identities in Transition: Challenges for Transitional Justice in Divided Societies as part of a multi-year, global research project on the ways identity shapes transitional justice efforts. The report gives guidance on developing transitional justice initiatives that are sensitive to identity-related issues...
ICTJ, in partnership with Centro de Derechos Humanos, announces its fifth Postgraduate Fellowship Course on Human Rights and Democratization Processes. The course runs from March 1 to July 23 and will combine online teaching with classroom-based teaching in Santiago, Chile.
ICTJ is pleased to present its 2008 Annual Report A Transitioning World, and a selection of ICTJ fact sheets about ICTJ’s regional and thematic programs and its approaches to transitional justice. During the year, ICTJ assisted governments and civil societies in more than 30 countries, expanding our strategic reach on every continent.
